Question

How to convert a string to specified character encoding in PHP

Answer 1

$s = "Euro: '€' - Pound: £";

echo '$s : ' .  $s . "<br />";
echo 'TRANSLIT : ' . iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT", $s) . "<br />";
echo 'IGNORE   : ' . iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//IGNORE", $s) . "<br />";


/*
run: 

$s : Euro: 'ג‚¬' - Pound: ֲ£
TRANSLIT : Euro: 'EUR' - Pound: £
IGNORE : Euro: '' - Pound: £

*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = "ʿABĀSĀBCĀDEF";

echo iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//IGNORE', $s) . "<br />";

echo iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $s) . "<br />";


/*
run: 

ABSBCDEF
ABASABCADEF

*/

 

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